Springfield Police Department | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Formerly Santa's Little Helper There were also at least five or six unnamed German Shepherd Dog members of the dog squad that Chief Wiggum had trained for events like citywide riots. However, they also hated Chief Wiggum due to his doing rather abusive acts toward the attack dogs like starving them, tasting them, and singing off key when in close proximity as part of "training" for such an event. This ultimately came back to haunt Wiggum when, during such a riot occurring as a result of the city being forced to purchase a Jimmy Carter statue instead of an Abraham Lincoln statue, Wiggum had released the dogs, only for the dogs to immediately attack and maul Wiggum instead as revenge. Uniform and Equipment Uniform The standard police uniform consists of a navy blue uniform shirt and pants with a black tie and black dress shoes. Springfield has a strict uniform hat policy that states officers must wear their peaked navy blue uniform hats. Officers also wear a light blue bulletproof vest often used during raids. In addition a duty belt is worn. Equipment Officers seem to use revolvers, pepper spray, "t" baton and handheld stun gun.

They also carry pump action shotguns which is stored in cruisers. Officers conducting tactical operations also used automatic rifles and bolt action sniper rifles. In recent episodes, it shows that the officers are authorized to carry a number of sidearms. Chief Wiggum carries a revolver comparable to a Smith & Wesson Model 10, Sergeant Lou carries a Glock, and Officer Eddie carries a Berreta 92FS. Vehicles The standard patrol vehicles seem to be 1990 civilian vehicles with an all white or black and white type color scheme with the Springfield Police logo on the side doors. They also operate vans and tactical vehicles. Lights are diverse between a standard bar and two rotating beacons (red and blue or red and red) with a siren in the middle. Over all the SPD fleet seems badly underfunded and outdated. In " Much Apu About Something ", the department acquired a tank, which appeared during the parade. The tank would go on to destroy the Kwik-E-Mart , twice in the same episode. It was later obliterated after a failed attempt at destroying the new statue of Jebediah Springfield .

Trivia Clancy Wiggum | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Biography Clancy Wiggum was possibly born in Ireland . [7] However, he also seemed to spend at least some part of his early childhood in Maryland, as he mentioned he used to sell ribbons there with his father, Iggy Wiggum . Iggy was a WWII veteran who died in a parade float accident in 1979, along with Arnie Gumble , Sheldon Skinner , Etch Westgrin , and Griff McDonald , all members of Abe Simpson 's Flying Hellfish . [8] He did, however, grow up in Springfield and was among the same class and age group as Homer Simpson , Lenny Leonard , Carl Carlson , Barney Gumble , and possibly Marge Simpson . At an early age, Wiggum played cops and robbers with Homer and other kids his age, showing a clear ambition to become a police officer. As student security monitor at Springfield University , at the age of 16. At the age of 16, he was a hall monitor at high school, and possibly had a part-time security guard job at Springfield State University.

Wiggum was present at the University's germ research labs (of which Prof. C. Montgomery Burns was chairman at the time) when Mona Simpson and the hippie activist group she was part of sabotaged the germ experiments. Wiggum, who had suffered from asthma prior to that, was cured by antibiotics that the group released to kill the germs, and helped Mona Simpson escape the police when she was on the run twenty-five years later to return the favor. Near the beginning of the school year in 1978, Commissioner Wiggum, then a drug officer, was investigating Lenny, Carl, and Homer for taking marijuana, and had his sniffer dog, Sergeant Scraps, sniff Homer to see if he had weed: Sergeant Scraps succeeded in sniffing drugs on Homer, and, to even Wiggum's shock, attacked Homer by biting him in the crotch (as he placed his joint in that area) and started throwing him around like a throw-rug. Wiggum in the late 1970s. In 1985, Commissioner Wiggum was involved in the barbershop quartet called the " Be Sharps ".

Wiggum was a member with Homer Simpson , Seymour Skinner , and Apu . However, a talent scout, who showed interest in the Be Sharps, didn't like Wiggum as a performer. Consequently, he was thrown out of the group. When auditions were held to find a replacement for Wiggum, he attempted to be reselected for the quartet. He wore a disguise under the name Dr. Doolittle, but was found out. [9] Early attempts to get into the Police Force when he was a teenager were unsuccessful on account of his asthma, so when it had been cured he could then pursue his ambition to become a professional police officer. Having entered the Police Academy by age 24, Wiggum managed to work around his many shortcomings and finally become a full fledged officer. By the age of 34, he had managed to work his way up to the position of Police Chief of Springfield. He eventually was promoted to Commissioner after Bart's hoax kidnapping case. It is implied that Wiggum managed to overcome his shortcomings with coaxing methods such as great skills with back massages and charm to get the position of Chief.

But he actually received the job when the frustrated former Chief resolved to give it to the next person he met, which was Wiggum. Another explanation is when mayor Quimby said that he made Wiggum the police chief so that the law would not be enforced to the letter, and he could get away with all his corrupt activities. This may also explain why Commissioner Wiggum has somewhat of a feud with Mayor Quimby, such as getting into a serious argument about Mayor Quimby in regards to Marge's arrest, [10] blackmailing Mayor Quimby with incriminating photos, [11] and even trying to arrest Mayor Quimby for corruption charges. [12] Regardless, Wiggum had accomplished his childhood ambition. Wiggum weighs about 350 pounds and is 5'9" tall. Wiggum and his family today. Other than his job as Police Commissioner, he is also the coach for the Mighty Pigs Hockey team. He is also implied to have a gambling problem, with a tendency to bet on the other team even when his team won.

[13] He also is a participant in the Annual Chili Cook-Off , where it is implied that he holds a grudge against Homer Simpson due to the latter's infamously merciless scathing reviews of various chili. One year, he briefly got his revenge on Homer by including in his chili Guatemalan Insanity Peppers , which he added to his chili specifically in anticipation of Homer tasting his. However, Homer eventually got his revenge by tasting multiple tastes of chili while having coated his mouth with wax (which Wiggum's son had inadvertently planted the idea into him when Ralph attempted to stop Homer when he almost drank from a candle container), leaving Wiggum stunned and horrified while Homer tauntingly told him to "not quit his day job." However, Wiggum ultimately got the last laugh as the Insanity Peppers ended up causing Homer to undergo a psychotic break. Wiggum is also worryingly dismissive of basic firearm safety and uses his gun for various tasks that continuously put his life in danger. Examples include selling pieces of it to feed his family after being fired from his position as chief of police, using it as a nutcracker, and eating donuts off its barrel.

When it goes off and nearly shoots him through the head (instead going through the peak of his cap), he merely remarks on what a close call it was and resumes eating. Personality Wiggum capitalises the negative aspects of the police force and service, especially within Springfield and perhaps the judicial system in general; one could say representative to the stereotype of the American cop, displaying traits such as laziness, abuse of power, authority and position of control, accepting given and occasionally requesting bribes from suspects like Troy McClure and Homer, reckless arresting of individuals without of and or disregard for evidence, ignorance of the law and just general incompetence. His badge actually states on the fine print, "cash bribes only". In addition to the stereotype Wiggum embodies, he constantly eats donuts, more so than the like of Homer Simpson (the actual trademark of the character, becoming so fat that Wiggum states it requires a village to make his pants, can barely walk up a flight of stairs without running out of breath, let alone chase a suspect (although surprisingly he has been able to chase and keep up with the more fitter Snake at times) and his walk has actually become a waddle because of his pint-sized legs having difficulty withstanding his large stomach.

Multiple times, Wiggum displays an ignorance for the law, usually making up his own nonsensical reasons for arresting people or disguising trivial slights on his person as breaking legality rather than actual crime. After being awoken by a high-speed chase by Snake and Homer, Wiggum pursues on the basis to arrest the two of them being that they woke a police officer (although because he stated this into a police scanner there is the off-chance that this is an official law in Springfield). Secondly when Grandpa Simpson ploughed a plane through Springfield, containing illegal narcotics and endangering countless lives, he proceeds to arrest Abe on the basis that he startled him. Upon discovering Abe's popularity amongst the townspeople, Wiggum refuses, alluding his reasoning behind this the law which states; "if you can't beat them, join them". When Lou points out that most of the laws that Wiggum states are nonexistent Wiggum directs him to the law book where they supposedly are and then slaps the book into Lou's face.

On the other hand, Wiggum has occasionally displayed a staunch and ethical direction and clear view of the law, at ties butting heads with the less morally inclined Mayor Quimby who is willing to break legal laws to retain his position as mayor of Springfield. Ultimately, if Wiggum believes that something will make his job that much easier he has no concern with ignoring legal and police guidelines nor is he above using his position to enforce corruption. He openly endorses the prospect of vigilantism, due to claiming that although the law was powerless to help people was paradoxically powerful enough to arrest them, however, Wiggum also exerted a great deal of police time into finding the active vigilante, Pie Man even though it made his job easier but later dropped the case altogether even after Homer revealed himself to be the vigilante. Wiggum's badge His characteristics are notably pig-like, an obvious joke by the animators, amongst these traits his snout and snort-like laugh. When he was 16 Wiggum was the security for Mr. Burns germ warfare lab and he had asthma but the released antibiotics cured him but he still retained his acne.

Outside of his police job, Wiggum used to be the coach of the Peewee hockey team but it's unknown if he kept this job after a violent riot destroyed the stadium. In addition, during that time, it was implied he had a gambling problem, as he ended up not taking his team to a victory celebration feast due to his having bet on the other team. He was also a former B Sharps member before being replaced by Barney Gumble. Wiggum eating a donut with his police gun There have been instances where Wiggum proves to be a good cop at times despite his ignorance and laziness. For example he successfully located the missing Maggie Simpson and helped Homer chase Marge and Ruth Connors when they became convicts. He showed an uncharacteristic level of dedication to his police work when trying to find the shooter who gunned down Mr. Burns and when trying to find the kidnapped Bart Simpson, successfully did so (although at the time Bart was only faking being kidnapped). A large part of Wiggum's incompetence can be factored to the low police funding within Springfield as the only active police response consists of Wiggum, Lou and Eddie and they are given barely enough power to suppress a riot.

Family Aside from his late father, Clancy is the husband of Sarah Wiggum (who he met when he was arresting her for possession of drugs that he planted on her to "make her notice him") and the father of Ralph Wiggum , a second grader at Springfield Elementary . He has a cousin named Mark who went to Pennsylvania State University; Wiggum describes him as a "fat kid" who "played a lot of Tetris." His other deceased relatives include a brother-in-law named Fred Kanneke (who was killed by Dr. Egoyan , who Wiggum arrested as soon as the voters overturned the assisted suicide law) and an uncle who (according to Wiggum) died of "crotch dot." Wiggum also has an unnamed brother who, after attending military school, presumably went crazy and now "owns and operates a famous cave." Finally, he claims to have a sister, who is completely hairless like a Sphynx cat. Non canon The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.

Treehouse of Horror In "The Devil and Homer Simpson", Chief Wiggum has a brief appearance in the ending where he and the other members of the Springfield Police Department are waiting outside the Simpsons' house, obviously in anticipation of tearing chunks of Homer's donut-ified head for their morning coffee (a consequence of his narrowly escaping the Devil's snares). Wiggum also briefly appears in Treehouse of Horror VI as part of the PTA meeting on "Smarch", where he bore witness to Groundskeeper Willie's grisly demise. When Willie ominously threatened them for leaving him to die, Wiggum jokingly asked if he was going to use "skeleton power" against their children in reference to Willie's charred corpse appearing skeletal. In Unnormal Activity, he was called in to investigate the Simpson House after the family discovered unusual activity inside it, in particular a blazing flame. He identified it as hellfire, and deduced that someone sold their soul to the Devil and that the devil was expecting his due.

However, upon the ring of a cuckoo clock, he ended up turned into a skeleton (presumably by the Devil) and collapsed into dust, although not before warning the family that the Devil feeds on "more than just fear." Future It is shown in Professor Frink 's future machine that Wiggum will, along with Lou and Eddie, become a Robo-Cop like machine-officer with a rotisserie in his stomach. Video-games "The Simpsons" Sky Police (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The congregation, led by Marge, is forced to resort to gambling in order to collect money to fix the church, which Chief Wiggum destroyed with a jet pack he received by mistake.

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Edit Storyline When Wiggum in his jet pack destroys the Springfield church Apu persuades the committee that they can get the money to restore it by studying card counting and taking the local casino on for their funds. Everything goes according to plan and the full amount of money is won but unfortunately Homer, fearing that Marge is in danger, blunders into the casino and is held hostage unless Mare returns the winnings. Written by don @ minifie-1 8 March 2015 (USA) See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Marge nearly chokes when Helen Lovejoy hints at a threesome between herself, Marge, and Rev. Lovejoy. See more » Connections (California, USA) – See all my reviews It would have been nice to see more of Wiggum actually using the jet pack, instead of just for a few short minutes. But it was a nice Marge- centered story, and a very interesting Simpsons story in general. The jokes were all quite cleverly done, however, they seemed to be spaced out a lot in this episode.

It's also very nice to take a break from our usual Simpsons family and instead focus on the church congregation (which is a rare and unexpected group to focus on. Interesting choice.) Nonetheless, I enjoyed it. Not my favorite, but a good one for the collection. Oh, and Wiggum's sky police song in the beginning was amusing. 4 of 5 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Chief Wiggum - The Simpsons Characters - ShareTV Hank Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director, and comedian. ... Character Bio Chief Clancy Wiggum is Springfield's morbidly obese, dim-witted, ignorant, grossly incompetent, and lazy police chief. He has a wife named Sarah Wiggum and a son named Ralph Wiggum. Chief Wiggum also has a father named Iggy Wiggum. He has light blue hair. He wears a police hat and suit. Chief Wiggum is often seen eating snacks, such as doughnuts. His occupation is a police chief. He is 40 years old. Profile Wiggum is the chief of police of the Springfield Police Department.

He is an extreme stereotype: morbidly obese, dim-witted, ignorant, grossly incompetent, and lazy, with a fondness for doughnuts and "Chintzy Pop", and actually somewhat piglike in appearance (nose). While he pretentiously feigns authority, he has little regard for individual rights or even public safety. He is disturbingly uninformed ("Some Chinese people claimed they were celebrating New Year's in February ... good food though") and flaunts his power, albeit with good intentions most of the time. He, along with the rest of Springfield's government and police force, is also corrupt, having asked for or taken bribes several times. He has also notably solicited Troy McClure and Homer Simpson for bribes in exchange for "looking the other way" to their criminal activities. When Bart bribed him with stolen wedding presents, he said "Hey, read my badge!" At the bottom of the badge was the caption: "Cash bribes only.". Chief Wiggum has a strained relationship with Mayor Quimby, as he and Quimby vie to have control over the city (once leading to a serious argument over, who takes over during the Monorail crisis).

Wiggum claims to have compromising photographs of Mayor Quimby, which may help to explain why he has retained his job, despite his inability to do anything his job requires of him. Due to his obesity, Chief Wiggum is often unable to perform significant physical activity, making it easy for criminals to escape from the police, where one was able to get away just by sneaking between his legs; he is known to find even climbing the stairs in his home very tiring. He is also the coach of the Mighty Pigs Pee Wee Hockey League Team, despite his very poor personal fitness. Chief Wiggum is often assisted by his more intelligent (but still, quite lazy and often rather cocky) "Top Cops", Officer Eddie and Officer Lou. Chief Wiggum is completely ignorant of Springfield's laws and often quotes sayings from the police handbook. which cannot actually be found in the book ("Like the book says, if you can't beat them, join them."). Episode Screenshots Chief Wiggum (Character) Chief Wiggum (Character) from "The Simpsons" (1989) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff.

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The Simpsons - Season 9 - TV.com The Simpsons - Season 9 Sunday 8:00 PM on FOX Premiered Dec 17, 1989 In Season USER EDITOR 5/17/98 8.5 When their anniversary dinner is a flop and their love life seems to lack luster, Homer and Marge try to spice it up, first by traveling to a bed & breakfast. Meanwhile, Lisa and Bart use Grampa's mine detector to find treasure and they find an alternate ending to "Casablanca." Homer and Marge discover that the fear of getting caught is the spice they need until they are caught bearing it all.moreless 5/10/98 8.4 With the day off from school, Bart uses some industrial adhesive to glue novelty items to his face. As a result Marge must take him to the doctor to have the items removed, preventing Lisa from attending an exhibit at the museum. Lisa asks her if she can take the bus downtown. Marge tells her no, so Lisa uses her brain to outwit her father into letting her take her first solo bus trip.

Despite her brain, Lisa gets on the #22A bus instead of the #22. Lenny and Carl make Homer realize that he should not have allowed her to go by herself, so he leaves work in search of her. Meanwhile Lisa has ended up somewhere outside of town. Homer gets into a cherry-picker to survey the town and he sees her, just before he almost gets killed. He tells her about the wonders of taking stupid risks and to demonstrate his point, they break into the museum after it closes. While there, they make an anthropological discovery.moreless 5/3/98 8.5 After realizing he is terribly out of shape, Homer joins a gym and with the help of Rainer Wolfcastle, Homer cuts a new jib. When Woflcastle turns down the chance to climb Springfield's tallest mountain, the Murderhorn, as a promotion for Powersauce energy bars, Homer volunteers to undertake the dangerous challenge.moreless 4/26/98 8.9 After a confrontation with the Sanitation Commissioner, Homer decides to run against him in the next election. Homer's campaign, based on outlandish promises and elaborate services that the garbage men will perform, wins him the election.

But being in charge of Springfield's sanitation turns out to be a bit more challenging than Homer anticipates.moreless 4/19/98 8.6 Bart becomes a star on the new kids' news segment on Krusty's show by modeling himself after Kent Brockman and sticking to human interest stories. However, Lisa sees through Bart's phoniness and sets out to expose him. 4/5/98 8.3 Homer realizes too late that taxes are due, so he cheats on his taxes and files them just in the nick of time. When the IRS subjects Homer to an audit, they agree to let Homer off if he will agree to help the FBI and become a tool of government oppression. He tries to rat on his friends about their illegal conquests and the government enjoys his work so much that they have him attempt a very special assignment. Mr. Burns has a trillion dollar bill that he stole from the government long ago. Homer tries to find it in his mansion, under the guise of writing a magazine article on Burns. When he finds it, the feds bust in and arrest Mr. Burns, but Homer foils their attempt and runs away with Burns and Smithers.

They decide to leave the country with the bill and they wind up in Cuba, where they try to buy the country from Fidel Castro. Castro steals the bill and they have to return in disgrace. Mr. Burns vows to bribe the jury and get them all off scot-free.moreless 3/29/98 8.4 Homer gets fired from the nuclear plant and decides to join the Naval Reserve. Other reservists include Moe, Barney, and Apu. Meanwhile, Bart gets an earring to look cool, but Homer makes him quit wearing it and ends up taking it with him to sea. Because of Homer's nuclear experience, he is assigned to a nuclear submarine. The Captain likes Homer because of his witty and wise remarks and he promotes him. During a war game exercise, the Captain leaves Homer in charge; things get bad, when the Captain becomes incapacitated. Homer makes some bad decisions and nearly starts a war. Bart's earring comes in handy when the ship springs a leak.moreless 3/22/98 8.5 The Simpsons go to a wonderful new museum. While there, Marge notices what a nice boy Ralph Wiggum is.

Marge forces Bart to have a play date with Ralph. Ralph is so stupid and annoying that Bart wants to strangle him. Marge makes him go outside with Ralph. Ralph seems to be a pyromaniac. They go to the Wiggum's residence and Bart finds out that Ralph's father (Chief Wiggum) has a lot of neat stuff, including a master key that will unlock every door in Springfield. Bart goes over for a sleepover and swipes it. He and Ralph wander the town, running into the bullies. Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney take them to the abandoned prison. Bart and Ralph play around with the electric chair, leaving it on when they leave. Quimby wants to show the town the electric chair on the news. He wants to pretend to be electrocuted, thinking that the chair is off. Bart and Ralph see what is about to happen on the news and they have to prevent it. Bart goes to Lisa for a quick solution and she shoots a rocket at the prison which contains an explanation. Instead it goes into Burns' office, and he turns off the power after Quimby has almost been killed.

Ralph's conscience tells him to burn down the house.moreless 2/8/98 9.0 Homer gets a brochure from a religious group at the airport and being highly gullible, he goes to their retreat. Because of Homer's intelligence quotient they have more trouble brainwashing him than the rest of Springfield most of who are all sucked into joining this cult. When they finally succeed with Homer, he signs over the family house to the Leader. The Leader begins taking over various media outlets, making Mr. Burns envy him. Seeing an opportunity to pay even less in taxes, Mr. Burns tries to form his own cult, although he is unsuccessful. Homer and the family move to an agricultural compound and begin picking beans. When the children become just as brainwashed as Homer, Marge escapes and enlists the help of Lovejoy, Flanders, and Willie to kidnap her family. They are able to deprogram them and then Homer tries to show the cult that the Leader is a fraud. When he does, and life returns to normal.moreless 1/11/98 8.0 Bart and Lisa are trying to get out of yard work.

When Colonel Tex's carnival comes to town, Homer takes the family. He keeps talking about how much he admires carnies even though they are sleazy and rat-like. He meets a father (Cooder) and son working the ring toss game. Cooder tricks him, as Homer is really, really stupid in this episode. Tex is displaying Hitler's Mercedes, and Bart cannot resist getting behind the wheel. When Bart wrecks it, Homer and Bart agree to work until they repay the debt. They have to do a bunch of unpleasant work. When Cooder has to go to an AA meeting with his son, Homer and Bart take their place at the ring toss game. Wiggum drops by for a bribe, and Homer is too stupid to negotiate with him so Wiggum shuts down the game. When Cooder returns, he learns that he is out of a job. Conforming to the carny code, they allow Cooder and son to stay at their house. Cooder is so appreciative to Marge and Homer that he gives them tickets for a boat ride. When they return from their trip, they find the windows boarded up and Cooder and his son squatting in their house.

The family has to stay in the tree house, since Chief Wiggum is holding a grudge and refusing to help them. They devise a plan to trick Cooder and get the house back (one that DOESN'T involve setting the house on fire). When they succeed life will return to normal, well as normal as it can be for this family.moreless 12/21/97 8.2 We open with Homer and Marge doing the last-minute Christmas shopping. Back at home Marge tells the family that she has all the alarm clocks, so no one can wake up early and open the presents. Bart drinks a bunch of water so he can wake up and do just that. He plays with his new fire truck and accidentally burns down and melts their plastic Christmas tree and all of the presents. He buries the evidence in the yard and tells the family that he saw a burglar stealing the presents and tree. They get on the news in one of Kent Brockman's human interest stories. When the town sees them on television, they all come by to give them money. Homer buys a car with the money and wrecks it. The next morning Bart reveals the truth to the family.

When Kent Brockman comes by for a follow-up report his crew discovers the torched remains of the presents. When the town sees the news report, they treat the Simpson family as pariahs. The townspeople decide to make it even by picking their house bare and stealing everything they own.moreless 12/7/97 8.4 Marge is bored and Homer is just laying around one Saturday afternoon, when they decide to go to the police auction. Homer buys a muscle car that had previously belonged to Snake. He takes Marge for a wild ride and she demands to get out. She meets Lionel Hutz, who is now working as a realtor. He invites Marge to work there. So Marge (with help from Lisa and Bart) studies and passes the exam for a real estate license. Once on the job, she has trouble lying to customers (a prerequisite in real estate). She has to sell a house fast to keep her job, so she lies to the Flanders and sells them a house where murders took place. They move into the house, and the guilt sets in on Marge, who goes to tell them the truth.

Meanwhile, Homer is joyriding and prison escapee Snake tries to hijack his car. A fight ensues and they crash into the murder house. Marge lets Flanders rip up the deposit. Soon afterwards, a jobless Marge goes on unemployment.moreless 11/23/97 8.3 Lisa protests the building of a shopping mall on sacred ground. Her protest gets the school the ability to conduct an archaeological dig. Lisa's digging reveals a human skeleton that has wings. All Springfield is convinced it is an angel and Homer cashes in; however, Lisa is skeptical. The skeleton disappears and when it reappears it carries a foreboding message about the end of the world. As sundown approaches, the townspeople grow concerned and frightened, but nothing catastrophic happens. The skeleton floats down below the valley to a new discount shopping mall ("the end is near ... for high prices!"). Lisa figures out the whole "end is near" saga was a publicity stunt staged by the developers, not so much to not tip off would-be competitors but, as she angrily states, a way to prey on the beliefs and fears of the guillible.

She calls for a boycott of the mall, but the bargain-hunting public immediately go shopping instead.moreless 11/16/97 8.4 Springfield has a bachelor auction, but none of Springfield's bachelors are the least bit attractive. Five women pool their money together and bid on Apu. They share him and he becomes quite the ladies' man. He is discussing his new life with Homer when his mother's letter arrives, reminding him that he has to have an arranged marriage. He tells his mother that he is already married, so she comes to meet his wife. Homer lets him pretend that Marge is his wife and Apu and his mother stay with the Simpsons. While Homer is pretending to not be married to Marge, he discovers the joys of living in a retirement home. Apu's mother hates Marge and she eventually figures it out the deception, so she goes on with plans for Apu's arranged marriage. Everyone shows up for Apu's marriage and Homer tries unsuccessfully to stop the ceremony.

Apu finds to his surprise that his wife is a wonderful woman, and decides to marry her as planned.moreless 9/28/97 7.1 The big surprise at the party honoring Seymour Skinner's 20 years as principal is that the real Seymour Skinner shows up. He has just returned to the US after being held as a POW for 26 years. Our Skinner's real name is Armin Tanzarian, who used to be a real hell raiser in his youth. He met Seymour while serving under him in Vietnam. Feeling rejected, Armand resigns as principal and hits the road. The town tries to get used to the real Seymour Skinner, but can they? The real Seymour is a weenie. Edna and Agnes begin to miss their old Skinner; meanwhile, the impostor Skinner is in a nearby town, advertising a for a strip club. Marge, Edna, and Agnes get together and form a plan to bring him back. They travel to meet him and he claims to be a changed man.

He has a seedy apartment and a subscription to "Swank." They convince him to return and then the town gets rid of the real Skinner and Judge Snyder orders that they never to discuss him again and everything is back to normal.moreless Clancy Wiggum - Wikisimpsons, the Simpsons Wiki Clancy Wiggum v • d • e • h Clancy Wiggum is the chief of police of the Springfield Police Department . He is an extreme stereotype: morbidly obese, extremely stupid, ignorant, incompetent, and really lazy, with a fondness for doughnuts and Chintzy Pop . While he pretentiously feigns authority, he has little regard for individual rights or even public safety. He is disturbingly uninformed and flaunts his power, albeit with good intentions most of the time. He is part Irish. [3] He, along with the rest of Springfield 's government and Springfield police force, is also corrupt, having asked for or taken bribes several times. An example of this is he can skip any crime if he is bribed, like being notably solicited Troy McClure and Homer Simpson for bribes in exchange for "looking the other way" to their criminal activities.

When Bart bribed him with stolen wedding presents, he told him to read his badge and, at the bottom of the badge, was the caption "Cash Bribes only". [4] He has a strained friendship with Mayor Quimby , as the two men vie to have control over the city, which once lead to a serious argument in regards of who takes over during an emergency on the Monorail crisis. Wiggum claims to have compromising photographs of the mayor (the mayor once told Wiggum "You don't scare me; that could be anyone's ass!"), which may help to explain why he has retained his job despite his inability to do anything his duties requires of him. He is often assisted by his more intelligent (but still quite lazy and often rather cocky) "top cops" Eddie and Lou (both are smarter than Wiggum). He is completely ignorant of Springfield's laws and often quotes sayings from the police handbook which cannot actually be found in the book ("like the book says, if you can't beat them, join them"). According to The Bart Book, Clancy is also in the SPD Bomb Sqaud, which is in fact just HIM in a hockey mask.

Contents Biography[ edit ] Clancy Wiggum was possibly born in Ireland . [3] However, he also seemed to spend at least some part of his early childhood in Maryland, as he mentioned he used to sell ribbons there with his father, Iggy Wiggum . Iggy was a war veteran who died in a parade float accident in 1979, along with Arnie Gumble , Sheldon Skinner , Etch Westgrin , and Griff McDonald , all members of Abe Simpson 's Flying Hellfish . [5] He did, however, grow up in Springfield and was among the same class and age group as Homer Simpson , Lenny Leonard , Carl Carlson , Barney Gumble , and possibly Marge Simpson . At an early age, Wiggum played cops and robbers with Homer and other kids his age and he showed a clear ambition to become a police officer. At the age of 16, he was a hall monitor at high school, where he developed a joy for giving orders, and receiving chocolate bribes. [6] He possibly had a part-time security guard job at Springfield State University. Wiggum was present at the University's germ research labs (Prof. C.

Montgomery Burns was chairman at the time) when Mona Simpson and the hippie activist group she was part of sabotaged the germ experiments. Wiggum, who had suffered from asthma prior to that, was cured by antibiotics that the group released to kill the germs, and helped Mona Simpson escape the police when she was on the run twenty-five years later. In 1985 Wiggum was involved in the barbershop quartet called the " Be Sharps ". Wiggum was a member with Homer Simpson , Seymour Skinner , and Apu . However, a talent scout showed interest in the Be Sharps but didn't like Wiggum as a performer, so he was thrown out of the group. When auditions were held to find a replacement for Wiggum, he attempted to be reselected for the quartet. He wore a disguise, but was found out. [7] Chief Wiggum's character folder seen inside the Hall of Records In 1989, Wiggum jumped between an assassin's bullet and Mayor Quimby when he was on duty confiscating illegal wieners from an unlicensed hot dog vendor.

[6] Early attempts to get into the Police Force when he was a teenager were unsuccessful on account of his asthma, so when it had been cured he could then pursue his ambition to become a professional police officer. Having entered the Police Academy by age 24, Wiggum managed to work around his many shortcomings and finally become a full fledged officer and by 32, he had managed to work his way up to the position of Police Chief of Springfield. It is implied that Wiggum managed to overcome his shortcomings with coaxing methods such as great skills with back massages and charm to get the position of Chief. But he actually received the job when the frustrated former Chief resolved to give it to the next person he met, which was Wiggum.

Another explanation is when mayor Quimby said that he made Wiggum the police chief so that the law would not be enforced to the letter (Which may also explain why Chief Wiggum has somewhat of a feud with Mayor Quimby, such as getting into a serious argument about Mayor Quimby in regards to Marge's arrest, [8] blackmailing Mayor Quimby with incriminating photos, [9] and even trying to arrest Mayor Quimby for corruption charges [10] "). Regardless, Wiggum had accomplished his childhood ambition. Wiggum weighs about 240 pounds and stands 5'9 tall. Personality[ edit ] Chief Wiggum was often portrayed as a stupid, dimwitted oaf, with a lazy attitude and a love of eating. However Wiggum does have redeeming qualities as well. Despite his dubious escapades, he appears to have quite a loving relationship with his family, especially his son, whom Wiggum often supports and shows great patience towards, although he can be unfortunately somewhat clueless to Ralph's needs at times. It is once implied that Clancy does use the money he earns as well as "acquires" for his family as much as himself.

[11] Wiggum doesn't appear to be a particularly judgemental person either, and generally gets along with others. He does on occasion even help various other people, such as helping Homer find Marge escaping with Ruth Powers from the law, [12] helping Mona Simpson, Homer's mother, escape from Mr. Burns [13] as well as helping backing Lisa up in a school protest on one occasion [14] and arriving just in time during a crucial moment such as the various times Sideshow Bob has attempted to kill Bart Simpson . Perhaps the best example of this is when it is implied that he leads the FBI astray in their search for Mona Simpson, allowing her to escape in gratitude for curing his asthma. Although Wiggum can often antagonize others as well, it's heavily implied that it's not out of malice but merely because he's doing his job or because he's ignorant of the situation. It is often implied as well that Wiggum genuinely wants to do good with his job, but a mix of complacency, various difficulties with being a cop, and his own limitations have made him weary of his duties.

As well as the above, some interesting quirks of the character include rather unusual ingenuity in his job such as: using police hang gliders, riding an Ostrich, speaking hippie tongue, and using loud music to flush Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel out of Springfield Elementary to which they locked down to name a few. He also has a tendency to rant about things during situations, a bit of a kinky side and a fondness for acting and the performing arts. Wiggum often orchestrates or appreciates plays and other shows in prison with the inmates and played a major role in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire. [15] Some may find this an interesting parallel to his son, who is hinted to potentially have a very high degree of hidden performing talent. At one point, Chief Wiggum explains to a confused Lou about his saying "switchfaces of the east" by stating that he doesn't like censoring himself as it stifles creativity, implying that he has some desire to be creative.

Wiggum's incompetence is showcased in a TV show called Cops in Springfield, in which he investigates a cattle rustler and uses a battering ram to knock down the suspect's door, only to find he has the wrong house. The occupant, Reverend Lovejoy , is very angry, especially since the cattle are clearly visible in the neighbor's yard. Snake , the suspect that Wiggum is after, is able to make a clean getaway. Wiggum describes Snake's vehicle as "a red... car of some sort" and "heading in the direction of that place that sells chilli" and the suspect as "hatless! Repeat, hatless!". [16] He has been known to use Agatha Christie novels as crime-solving reference guide. Wiggum once misuses police terminology, phoning Marge to inform her Homer had been found "DOA", then Marge answers as "Homer's DEAD?, then Wiggum says "Ops, heh heh, I meant DWI- I always get those two mixed up!" After hanging up the phone he is approached by a woman whom he had told that her husband was DWI.

He then hastily suggested that she talked to another officer and then told her he was going out to lunch (implying that her husband was actually DOA, and he made a similar mix-up). [17] When chasing a car on a highway, he was asked to describe his location, and replied "I'm on a road, looks to be asphalt--aw jeez, trees, shrubs--uh, I'm directly under the earth's Sun... now." Marge and Ruth elude Wiggum during the same car chase at night by turning off the lights on their car, leading Wiggum to exclaim, "It's a ghost car!" Wiggum also often fails to comply with his police duties in a real emergency. He once refused to believe calls from people saying that an elephant ( Bart 's pet elephant Stampy ) destroyed their property. After two calls, he thought a call reporting a "liquor store robbery in progress, officer down" was also a fake call. [18] He mocks people who come in to report crimes to him by telling them he will "write on his invisible typewriter".

This includes a man with a lighter saying "I just torched a building down town and I'm afraid I'll do it again". On several instances, he has switched off his police radio in the middle of an important call because he did not want to be bothered. Such instances included a "riot in progress" [19] He also leaves the station completely unmanned during night hours, save for an answering machine, once causing 75 emergencies to go unanswered (and were quickly erased). He has also expressed annoyance at the citizens he's supposed to be protecting ("Can't you people solve these problems yourselves? I mean we can't be 'policing' the whole city"). He has also refused to come to the aid of citizens, claiming that they were just too busy to help, when all he was doing was playing checkers with one of the police dogs. In order to get off the phone during a state lottery drawing, Wiggum informed the caller that she had the wrong number and that "this is... 912". He once rejected Marge's claim that it was illegal to mail threatening letters, until the police handbook proved her right.

At that moment, he also learned from the handbook that it was illegal to "put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling", and immediately shouted to the rest of his officers to stop doing exactly that. [20] Despite his questionable competency at being an officer, Wiggum seems to be very attached to both the police force and his fellow officers. On the few occasions where Wiggum loses his commission, he breaks down shockingly fast, [21] even degrading to the level of a common mugger, [11] although he isn't particularly good at this either as he had to sell the trigger and handle of his gun to feed his family. This pathetic sight prompts Homer to help him get his job back. Once in a while Wiggum will have an argument with his fellow officers, which often end in dramatic, tearful moments of reconciliation. On one occasion, Lou had thought about leaving the force to pursue a career in home security, which leaves Wiggum nearly a tearful mess. Despite all this, there are occasional hints that Chief Wiggum has the potential to actually be a very good policeman if only he'd be less lazy and complacent. When investigating Mr.

Burns' attempted murder, Wiggum displays an astonishingly skilled eye for ballistics and fingerprinting, enough to make positive identifications without any specialized equipment. In fact, Wiggum's entire investigation of the shooting is uncharacteristically dogged, showing the police talking to everyone from Seymour Skinner to Moe Szyslak , to Tito Puente , and even to his own son Ralph Wiggum . He also had a bit of a talent for tasting substances for foreign agents, which he notably used with Homer's tainted Groovy Grove juice to identify it as being laced with Peyote after noticing Lou acting odd at work. [22] He is also shown to have legitimate frustrations when people waste the Police Force's precious time and resources for extremely trivial reasons, such as when Carmen Electra had Marge and Homer Simpson placed in Jail for murder and nearly executed just to give her reality show, Frame Up , more ratings. [23] Another good example is where Wiggum is charged with finding a supposedly missing Bart Simpson.

It is shown in this occasion as well that Wiggum is one of the few people that seems quite aware of his or her own incompetence, much to his dismay and an inevitable gorging on pancake to lessen the blow. In the end, however, much to the shock of almost everyone in Springfield, including his own men, Wiggum finds Bart by using a rather clever tactical method and actually performs his job admirably. He is promoted to Police commissioner, and it seems things may be finally looking up for him. It is discovered eventually, however, that Bart's abduction was merely a hoax, distressing Wiggum greatly as he finally had done some great good but at merely the wrong time. Curiously, however, it doesn't seem that his position of Commissioner is taken away, although he is never seen in this position of power again. Judging from his usual boredom with most cases and situations in his work, it would seem that perhaps when he is actually motivated he shows far greater skill and zeal. It has been shown several times that the level of resources that the Springfield police have is shockingly low.

It has been stated by Lou that Wiggum, Lou and Eddie are the only police officers in the city (however, there are more). [24] Wiggum also mentioned to Lisa that the police force only have the resources to enforce the last law passed in Springfield, which even Wiggum admitted is the worst system possible. It's also implied that Chief Wiggum sometimes has to dress in drag when it comes to Stakeout missions. [25] Family[ edit ] Beside his late father, Clancy is the husband of Sarah Wiggum , whom he met when he was arresting her for possession of drugs that he planted on her to "make her notice him", and is the father of Ralph Wiggum . He has a cousin called Mark, who went to Pennsylvania State University, he was a "fat kid... played a lot of Tetris". He has a deceased brother-in-law named Fred Kanickee, an uncle who (according to Wiggum) died of "crotch dot", and an unnamed brother who, after attending military school, presumably went crazy and now "owns and operates a famous cave". He also says he has a sister which is completely bald like Sphynx cats.

Non-canon[ edit ] The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed. Future[ edit ] It is shown in Professor Frink 's future machine that Wiggum will, along with Lou and Eddie, become a Robo-Cop like machine-officer with a rotisserie in his stomach. Video games[ edit ] The Simpsons: Hit and Run[ edit ] Wiggum appears several times in The Simpsons Hit and Run video game. The first time was during Level 2, where he attempts to arrest Bart for buying illegal fireworks (he used his son Ralph Wiggum as bait to arrest people buying illegal fireworks as part of a sting operation), intending to place him under five life sentences of community service, but he fails to catch his quarry, although he later seems to forget this as he tells Bart that Herman's Military Antiques was robbed of a radio recently, and suggests, although not completely sure, that the skid marks from tires would probably lead to the culprit.

He later appears in Level 3 when he is trying to bust Snake Jailbird under the Three Strikes Law, but hasn't gotten any evidence yet due to his being a "very, very bad cop." in his own words. Lisa manages to help him collect evidence to put Snake away in exchange for information in regards to her brother's whereabouts. However, he makes a bigger role in Level 4 , where he first asks Marge to collect some donuts which are falling out of a Lard Lad Donuts truck due to suffering a severe case of sugar withdrawal in exchange for giving her information about cropcircles, and secondly when he races Marge to 742 Evergreen Terrace after she destroyed several trucks of Buzz Cola (he was deeply upset at Marge for doing so due to Buzz Cola being the only thing that allowed him to "gain the courage to take his shirt off in the station locker room"). The Simpsons Game[ edit ] Wiggum appears at the end of Bartman Begins to take Principal Skinner away for having the three teenagers rob the museum. He also appears as one of the contestants in the Duff Ultimate Eating Challenge in Around the World in 80 Bites .

The Simpsons: Tapped Out[ edit ] Other[ edit ] Chief Wiggum has his own spin-off show in " The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase ", "Wiggum P.I." He he is fired from the Springfield force for corruption and moves to New Orleans to start working as a private investigator, with Skinner as his partner. Wiggum and Ralph live in a boat house, and Ralph is kidnapped by a villain called Big Daddy . He later finds his son, and Big Daddy escapes. Behind the Laughter[ edit ] Voice[ edit ] Wiggum is voiced by Hank Azaria and is based on a stereotypical police chief, shown as lazy, incompetent and to have a fondness for donuts. Hank Azaria first based his voice for Wiggum on David Brinkley but it was too slow and he switched it to an Edward G. Robinson impression. Name[ edit ] His surname "Wiggum" is Matt Groening 's mother's maiden name. As "a conscious pun" Wiggum was designed to look like a pig, and in the episode " Marge Gamer ", his Earthland Realms alter-ego looked much like his real-life self, only with a pig nose, tail, etc.

Question: In the TV show 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the police chief?
Answer: CLANCY WIGGUM